Where does “kyynärtuntuma” come from?

kyynärtuntuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntuma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

kyynärtuntuma (Finnish): state of being elbow to elbow side by side in close proximity

Definitions

  1. state of being elbow to elbow side by side in close proximity

Ancestry of “kyynärtuntuma”, step by step

kyynärtuntuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntumatouch, feel, feeling
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish kyynärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyynäräelbow, forearm; a traditional measure of length...
2Proto-Uralicküńäelbow
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →